CVE-2015-6502 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2015-6502?

CVE-2015-6502 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Puppet Puppet Enterprise, published on 11 Dec 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the console in Puppet Enterprise before 2015.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the string parameter, related to Login Redirect.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6502?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Puppet Puppet Enterprise.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6502?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6502 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2015-6502 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6502 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-j8vq-j5q7-39m3.